A few weeks ago, I tested the classic black version of the Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5070. It stood out for its combination of very good thermals and acoustics and an attractive price. However, one of the fans was lower quality, making the card noisier than it should have been. I decided to retest it with the white version. The good news is that the fan issue didn’t recur. As for overall noise levels, though, there’s still not much improvement.
Cyberpunk 2077, RT Medium, 3840 × 2160 (Q mode)
For testing operating characteristics of high-end graphics cards, I use Cyberpunk 2077 with RT Medium settings at a resolution of 3840 × 2160 pixels. The test consists of eight benchmark runs in a row.
Average performance with the slightly lower clock speed in Quiet mode differs by just 0.4 fps, which falls well within typical measurement error.
Average GPU clock dropped only slightly by 30 MHz to 2682 MHz. Minimum was 2662 MHz, maximum 2707 MHz.
The power consumption graphs show no significant difference in either the GPU’s consumption or the overall system power.
Maximum observed GPU temperature was 77.2 °C according to monitoring, and memory temps hovered at 76 °C.
Compared to the earlier test, you can see the fans are clearly more aggressive. At peak, their speed increased by nearly 200 RPM to about 1450 RPM.
Once again, GPU Boost is hitting the voltage limit, according to monitoring.
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